Actor Farley Granger dies in NY

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American actor Farley Granger, best known for his starring roles in Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers "Rope" and "Strangers on a Train," has died. He was 85.

Granger died on Sunday of natural causes at his home in Manhattan, said a spokeswoman at the New York City medical examiner's office.

The San Jose-born actor began his career as a teenager, with his first film "The North Star" in 1943 before beginning an acting career that spanned several decades, including movies, stage and television.